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LOT 2356
Natural History - Fossil Rainbow Shell Ammonite
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (200 grams, 91 mm).
Displaying iridescence, possibly Beudanticeras sp. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Discovered in 2022 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising three slices of NWA 15016 meteorite, held in collector's display capsules; from Northwest Africa. 15.9 grams total, 32 mm each including case
Found North West Africa. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Stardust Meteorites. -
Natural History - White Pecopteris Fossil Fern Group
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Contained in a matrix with specimens to both sides. 1.34 kg total, 20-21 cm
From St. Clair, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Acquired during the 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, U.S.A.
These fern fossils commonly found in coal-mining areas worldwide. However, the St. Clair ferns are treasured for their rarity and beauty, a result of the fossilised ferns gaining a coating of the mineral pyrophyllite which contrasts with the natural black shale matrix. -
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Ordovician Age, 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
